LOT 0192 ROMAN GLASS BEAKER WITH SUPERB IRIDESCENCE
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Ca. 100-300 AD. Roman. A superb glass beaker with a slightly everted rounded rim, an incised spiral decoration below, a deep blue-coloured ring foot, and striking multi-colour iridescence. Glass beakers were a common drinking vessel in the Roman period. However, by the Late Roman period (4th-5th century AD), good quality glass tableware such as this one were less common and could have been used as a showpiece and perhaps even as an indicator of social standing or wealth within the Late Roman household, especially when displayed in the public area of the house. For more information, see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 88; 135. Size: L:90mm / W:75mm ; 84g. Provenance: Private collection of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.
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